Rose colored Water
Three days had gone by since Ty Lee announced that she and Azula should go on a break. Azula didn't take it as badly as Zuko thought she would, and if she did take it badly she certainly wasn't showing it. Instead of verbally expressing how she felt about the entire situation she had decided to pour herself into her school work.
It wasn't anything new or special, even before she dated Ty Lee she did work obsessively. But when she used to do that there wasn't anything else that she could think about now all she could think about was the cheerleader. However at least doing lot's of english homework provided a little bit of distraction.
Her fingers flew across her keyboard before submitting an essay that was going to be due Wednesday of next week. Azula leaned back in her chair and exhaled finally done with the essay, it wasn't a relief. Now what the fuck am I supposed to do.
Azula opened another tab and decided to send an email to her english teacher to see if there was anymore work that she could complete. Fully aware of how insane she seemed for asking to do work over the winter break.
She almost hesitated in clicking send on the email. Zuko Is going to be annoying and want to talk to me today, probably about everything with Ty Lee.
Getting up to use the bathroom Azula went to the bathroom so she could turn on the faucet to her bathtub. She needed to relax especially after doing all that english work with no breaks for six hours. The tub was filled halfway with hot steaming water I still have time to run downstairs to grab something to drink.
Azula ran down the stairs aware of how fast the tub could fill up. She pulled the fridge door open and grabbed a can of coke and dashed back up the stairs. The tub was three fourths full. She added some of her overpriced rose bubble bath. The bathroom was now steamy and smelled of roses.
The water was warm and comforting and Azula felt her eyelids get heavy. She hadn't gotten a good nights of sleep in so long and the warm water was urging her to take a quick nap in the rose scented water. But the sound of Christmas music from Zuko's room made her snap out of her sleepy trance.
The music reminded her that the holiday was approaching and fast. I should get something for Ty Lee, wait should I? Aren't we on a break? that doesn't matter i'll get her something. Her phone rested on the bathroom counter and when she reached to get it a little bit of water sloshed over the side of the tub. Cursing she scrolled through the web for a nice gift for her ex-girlfriend? her girlfriend?
Eventually she decided on getting Ty Lee a silver Gucci bracelet. It wasn't every day that Azula bought somebody a gift that was worth three hundred and fifty dollars. But this was different, this gift was for Ty Lee. I don't expect her to get me anything back but it's fine. I don't deserve anything honestly.
She placed the order on hold and planned to pick it up at the store when she hit the nearest mall. Somehow Azula found herself going on social media platforms to check up on how everyone was doing over break.
She found pictures that Katara had posted of Aang with an oversized santa hat. She saw the pictures that Suki posted of Toph struggling to ice skate.
But the only pictures she found herself staring at were those posted by Ty Lee. Pictures of her smiling under a light display wearing some huge puffy white jacket and pink mittens. Her nose was red from the cold and her mouth was mid laugh. She looks beautiful, I wonder who she was with.
Seeing who was tagged Azula felt her anxiety growing. So she was with Yue, Suki, Sokka, and Ron Jian. She felt her jaw clench and she threw her phone back on the counter. Eager to feel anything but the dread that was rising in her Azula slipped under the water letting it wash over her completely.
Azula hair snaked around her in the water, long dark brown strands swaying as the water shifted. She opened her eyes and welcomed the slight burn from the salty water letting her eyes sting.
The water even had a pink tint because of the rose bubble bath. It was comforting and unfamiliar.
Azula exhaled watching bubbles rise to the water's surface. Once she was out of breath she sat up to meet the chilly air of the bathroom once again. It smelled like roses and steam rose around her from the water. She rubbed her face clean of any soapy residue from the bubble bath.
Zuko banged on her door "Alright Azula i've given you space, it's time we talk things through" he bellowed. Azula groaned I knew he wouldn't leave me be.
"Alright Zuko, give me an hour and we can talk on the way to the mall!" she yelled back before slipping back under the water to the safety of her bubbles.